Your favourite number 1 of 1991

pedanticpat

1991 was a great year for albums. It's without a shadow of a doubt, the best year for albums of my lifetime. The number ones of that year in Ireland, however, was patchy to say the least, with novelty singles and movie tie-ins dominating.

Anyway, here's the list.

The Christmas Number One - Zig and Zag

Sadeness - Enigma

Do The Bartman - The Simpsons

Rhythm of My Heart - Rodney Stewart

Deep Deep Trouble - The Simpsons

The Shoop Shoop Song (In His Kiss) - Cher

Light My Fire - The Doors

Any Dream Will Do - Jason Donovan

Everything I Do (I Do It For You) - Brian Adams

Hay Wrap - The Saw Doctors

Don't Cry - Guns N Roses

I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Monty Python

The Fly - U2

Zigzagging - Zig and Zag

Black or White - Michael Jackson

Mysterious Ways - U2

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Some good songs, some awful songs, and Bohemian Rhapsody coming back to pay for enough hair dye to keep Brian May's natural look up to 2012.

stoneill

Was music in 1991 really that bad?

UCDVet

When I was younger, I used to like the first number 1 in 1991....but as I grew older, I learned to appreciate the second 1 in 1991.

Some people will say, 'They are the same!' but those people are fools.

Tazio

Light My Fire The Doors the 7inch single? Waaaaaay too short..... :P

pedanticpat

stoneill wrote: »

Was music in 1991 really that bad?

No, it was awesome, probably the best year of your lifetime.

Ten
Nevermind
Out of Time
Achtung Baby
Loveless
Use Your Illusions I and II
Blood Sugar sex Magik
Metallica
Dangerous
Screamadelica
Blue Lines
Trompe Le Monde
Gish
Temple of The Dog

JupiterKid

Chart music never represents the really good quality output from a given year.

If I had to pick a song from that list it would be The Fly from U2. '91 also gave us this track...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x45BtoJpoks

Duggy747

Only thing I remember from 1991 the best is Terminator 2.

ruthloss

stoneill wrote: »

Was music in 1991 really that bad?

Scaramouche Scaramouche do the Fandango.:rolleyes:

Maximus Alexander

I was 5 so I don't remember. Well, actually that's a lie. I remember Bryan Adams being on the radio every time I was in a car.

the groutch

if I ever have to hear that Bryan Adams one again, I'll have to grab a sharp pencil and burst both my eardrums.

pedanticpat

the groutch wrote: »

if I ever have to hear that Bryan Adams one again, I'll have to grab a sharp pencil and burst both my eardrums.

You would give it all, you would sacrifice?

JupiterKid

And let's not forget Seal who had his breakthrough album in 1991.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A-hqZf7xQs

Khannie

pedanticpat wrote: »

The Christmas Number One - Zig and Zag

I'll tell you what I want. I want a beat!

jimgoose

Sadness Part I, Enigma. Love that. I used to play the pan-pipes bits on my OW-01. :cool:

Tabnabs

"Alive" – Pearl Jam
"Give it Away" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Bring the Noise" – Public Enemy and Anthrax
"Enter Sandman" – Metallica
"Hunger Strike" – Temple of the Dog
"Jeremy" – Pearl Jam
"Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" – Primus
"Jesus Christ Pose" – Soundgarden
"Losing My Religion" – R.E.M.
"Man in the Box" – Alice in Chains
"Outshined" – Soundgarden
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" – Nirvana
"There's No Other Way" – Blur
"Under The Bridge" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
"You Could Be Mine" – Guns N' Roses

And my guilty pleasure from 1991 - "A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"" – De La Soul

1991 sounds like the best year in music history.

jimgoose

Somewhat tangential, but does anyone remember RTE using this, of all things, as "filler" in-between programs in the late '70s/early '80s?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Sadeness - Enigma

that was an incredible album

jimgoose

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

Sadeness - Enigma

that was an incredible album

Still is. I only re-bought it lately on the Tunes of "i". :cool:

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

jimgoose wrote: »

Still is. I only re-bought it lately on the Tunes of "i". :cool:

stuck it on myself shortly after posting that been ages since I listened to it

minotour

"Im too sexy" stands out there and Ill tell ye why.

I was 15 and having a belter of a summer. One evening the phone rings and Me ma answers. Someone says to her "Turn on <local Radio station> now" and hangs up. Within moments my name is mentioned followed by this song attributed to a secret admirer. Sure i thought i was on fire! Sadly, when i strutted into the local disco later that night I discovered it was only some local girls taking the piss. They had a right laugh at my expense even though there turned out to be some truth in it as i shifted 3 of them that very night.

bitches be crazy!

Cee-Jay-Cee

I hated all of those songs so can't pick my favourite. What will I do now???

pickarooney

Bizarrely, I can still sing a few lines of every single one of those songs. I haven't a bull's notion of anything that's been in the charts since about 1998 though.

edit: I might struggle with the lyrics of Sadeness now that I think of it.

Badly Drunk Boy

jimgoose wrote: »

Somewhat tangential, but does anyone remember RTE using this, of all things, as "filler" in-between programs in the late '70s/early '80s?

Yes, indeed! What was that all about? (Not that I'm knocking it...)

jimgoose

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Yes, indeed! What was that all about? (Not that I'm knocking it...)

You know Daft Punk, the KLF and all that Electronica lot? Well Der Kraftwerk Krautrockmaschine invented it. :cool:

RikkFlair

jimgoose wrote: »

You know Daft Punk, the KLF and all that Electronica lot? Well Der Kraftwerk Krautrockmaschine invented it. :cool:

Now yer talkin....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqxtBggVsi0

All aboard all aboard

Ilyana 2.0

I was only born in 1991 but a there's a few of those songs I'd listen to now.

This was number 1 the day I was born though

Badly Drunk Boy

jimgoose wrote: »

You know Daft Punk, the KLF and all that Electronica lot? Well Der Kraftwerk Krautrockmaschine invented it. :cool:

Oh, I know. I've been into Kraftwerk properly since the late 80's, and am a big fan of electronic music of all sorts. I've only seen Kraftwerk live twice, though.

Elmer Blooker

RikkFlair wrote: »

Now yer talkin....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqxtBggVsi0

All aboard all aboard

I think the KLF are better known these days for burning a million quid.

SEPT 23 1989

Ilyana 2.0 wrote: »

I was only born in 1991 but a there's a few of those songs I'd listen to now.

This was number 1 the day I was born though

that was No 1 for the whole poxy summer:mad:

Ilyana 2.0

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

that was No 1 for the whole poxy summer:mad:

I know, and I was born in October :pac:

The Backwards Man

Best song of 1991 by a country mile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UPW3BggSzY

Bombed in charts though.

Malibu Stacy

1991 was a great year. I'm into hip-hop and R&B, and that year saw the rise of the West Coast (solo Ice Cube; DJ Quik; Cypress Hill; Del the Funky Homosapien)plus a lot of NYC classics.

De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Called Saturdays
A Tribe Called Quest - EVERYTHING on The Low End Theory :cool:
Black Sheep - The Choice is Yours; Flavor of the Month
Naughty by Nature - OPP
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Boyz II Men - Motownphilly; It's So Hard to Say Goodbye
Chubb Rock - Just the Two of Us; Treat 'em Right
Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks on Me
2Pac - Brenda's got a Baby; If my Homies Call
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Summertime
Jodeci - Forever my Lady
Tony! Toni! Tone! - Whatever you want
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Let the Beat Hit 'Em
And everyone's guilty pleasure: C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

Wacker The Attacker

Tabnabs wrote: »

"Alive" – Pearl Jam
"Give it Away" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Bring the Noise" – Public Enemy and Anthrax
"Enter Sandman" – Metallica
"Hunger Strike" – Temple of the Dog
"Jeremy" – Pearl Jam
"Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" – Primus
"Jesus Christ Pose" – Soundgarden
"Losing My Religion" – R.E.M.
"Man in the Box" – Alice in Chains
"Outshined" – Soundgarden
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" – Nirvana
"There's No Other Way" – Blur
"Under The Bridge" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
"You Could Be Mine" – Guns N' Roses

And my guilty pleasure from 1991 - "A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"" – De La Soul

1991 sounds like the best year in music history.

Youve mistaken 1991 for1984.

Malibu Stacy

I also think that MTV was at its peak then - it still had a cool 'downtown kids' vibe, they actually showed videos, and they were in the midst of the fight against HIV/AIDS. I also remember that there was a lot of cross-genre fandom: the same kids who listened to De La Soul liked Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The early 1990s Lollapalooza lineups were incredible.

(yes I am a total child of the 90s - you young 'uns missed out!)

kowloon

jimgoose wrote: »

Somewhat tangential, but does anyone remember RTE using this, of all things, as "filler" in-between programs in the late '70s/early '80s?

I remember RTE having Polish cartoons some time in the late 80s or early 90s, I can't find any, but this fits the bill:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8IJ9YOHtKo

RikkFlair

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

I think the KLF are better known these days for burning a million quid.

And the sheep incident no doubt

Muise...

Not a No. 1, but this is still the most seductive track on the filthydurtysexiest album I have ever heard. Released 1991.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LseSx_hPJyQ

mojesius

From the OP's list, I'd have to go with 'Rhythm of my heart' - Rod Stewart. Great video too, and Rod's jeans/bomber jacket ensemble is classic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6km7phBQRF0

I like listening to Rod when I'm cleaning the house (Oh god, I have turned into my mother) :eek:

KKkitty

I was 10 so pretty much any song was great. Loved Rhythm of my heart though.

Femme_Fatale

It was a staggeringly woeful year for chart music. I like alternative and whatnot but also really like good pop music, and 1991 sucked so badly in that regard. I distinctly remember that about the year, and how much it contrasted with only the previous year, which featured absolute belters of pop songs (e.g. Groove Is In The Heart, Dub Be Good To Me, The Power). I wasn't "getting old" either as I was 13. That Bryan Adams song made me want to have my ears amputated. Started secondary school during its eternal number 1 stint, and all the girls were mad about it. They just saw me as "the one who likes that pure weird music." :pac:
However 1991 is one of the best years ever for indie, dance and hip-hop. And possibly the best year (in my lifetime anyway) for albums. As per below:

pedanticpat wrote: »

No, it was awesome, probably the best year of your lifetime.

Ten
Nevermind
Out of Time
Achtung Baby
Loveless
Use Your Illusions I and II
Blood Sugar sex Magik
Metallica
Dangerous
Screamadelica
Blue Lines
Trompe Le Monde
Gish

Not into all of them but love the vast majority.

Irish Guitarist

I bought a secondhand copy of the twelve inch single of Sadeness part 1 last year for €1. It's great. Even the remixes are great, and I'm usually not a fan of dance music or remixes.

I could never figure out if it was titled Sadeness or Sadness as I saw it spelled both ways at the time it was released. I think what happened was I was watching MTV Europe, and the European chart shows spelled it Sadeness, while the British ones called it Sadness. I've always found it a bit of an enigma whether it was meant to be sad or sadistic, but that's just me.

The twelve inch I bought is titled Sadness by the way, but it's titled Sadeness on the CD album.

uch

I was off me tits most of the late 80's early 90's so cant really remember any music

nlgbbbblth

so 1991.

Quite a good year. Top tunes for me (chart+dance-related)

PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - It's Grim Up North
808 State - In Yer Face
KLF - 3AM Eternal
KLF - Last Train To Trancentral
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Pet Shop Boys - DJ Culture
Prince - Gett Off
Moby - Go
The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got The Love
Seal - Crazy
Rozalla - Everybody's Free
De La Soul - A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays
Prodigy - Charly
Altern 8 - Activ-8
Scarlet Fantastic - No Memory
Shades Of Rhythm - Extacy
SL2 - DJs Take Control
Bassheads - Is There Anybody Out There?
Gary Clail - Human Nature
Kylie Minogue - Shocked
Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives
Raze - Bass Power
Rebel MC - Wickedest Sound
Gang Star - Lovesick
LFO - We Are Back

nlgbbbblth

Looking at the shelves. Here's some compilations purchased in 1991

Deep Heat 10
Deep Heat 11
Thin Ice
Thin Ice 2
Now Dance 91
Now 19
Now 20
Smash Hits 1991
Greatest Hits of 1991
The Hits Album (Volume 14)

porsche959

Smooth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr0tTbTbmVA

porsche959

Yah Wobble & Sinead O'Connor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBruqh0Fw80

Femme_Fatale

porsche959 wrote: »

Yah Wobble & Sinead O'Connor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBruqh0Fw80

Is that as old as 1991?! :eek:

porsche959

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Is that as old as 1991?! :eek:

Apparently!

Balmed Out

It was number one in some countries...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waacof2saZw

Loved pretty much the entire album

Vito Corleone

None of the number ones really stand out for me, but it was a great year for music.

Top songs for me.

Letter to Memphis - Pixies
Catch The Breeze - Slowdive
Spoiled - Sebadoh
Good Morning, Captain - Slint

porsche959

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wewIoLusKP8